Europe Business News latest RSS headlines - Irish Sun.com Provides the latest RSS feeds for Europe Business News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Irish Sun.com http://www.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/10/id/baf10b3527f6df38/ en-us Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:22:33 -0400 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:22:33 -0400 30 Irish air traffic in stiff decline Air traffic in Ireland has slumped considerably over the past month. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/613351/cs/1/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:50:59 -0400 Irish Sun.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/613351/cs/1/ Imf Gives Green Light To 350m-euro Loan For Serbia The IMF gave high marks to Serbia's recent economic performance, good enough for another standby loan. But Serbia needs to do more to overcome its crisis and fulfill requirements set by the Fund, IMF ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33260739/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:19:33 -0400 Southeast European Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33260739/ Greece, The Euro, And The Battle Of Jutland No Comments German Chancellor Merkel, Greek Prime Minister Papandreou and French President Sarkozy discussing the Greek crisis last month During the in 1916 or Skagerrakschlacht as it is known in Germ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33260738/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:04:07 -0400 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33260738/ Ba, Union Resume Talks To Try To Halt Strike By Jim Drury LONDON, March 18 (Reuters) - British Airways (BA) and the Unite union have resumed talks to try to avert a weekend strike by cabin crew that would embarrass the ruling Labour governmen... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33260737/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:03:45 -0400 CNBC http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33260737/ Ford Cites Progress On Volvo As Geely Sees ‘very Tough’ Talks March 18 (Bloomberg) -- Ford Motor Co. Chief Executive Officer Alan Mulally said talks to sell the automaker’s Volvo unit to Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co. are proceeding, while the chairman o... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33260671/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:51:45 -0400 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33260671/ Papandreou Seeks Eu Aid Deadline, Challenging Merkel March 18 (Bloomberg) -- Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou set a one-week deadline for the European Union to craft a financial aid mechanism for Greece, challenging Germany to give up its doubts a... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33260735/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:51:44 -0400 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33260735/ France Telecom Is Being Investigated For Manslaughter March 18 (Bloomberg) -- France Telecom SA is being investigated for “reckless manslaughter” after preliminary inquiries found there may be links between an employee’s suicide and his... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33260736/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:51:42 -0400 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33260736/ Dollar Extends Gains Versus Euro NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The dollar extended gains against the euro in late morning trading on Thursday after a spokeswoman for the International Monetary Fund said Greece hasn't approached the IMF f... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33260734/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:44:31 -0400 Market Watch http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33260734/ Euro Rscg Worldwide Leaders Propel Nyu Students Into Social Media NEW YORK, March 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Euro RSCG Worldwide announced today that two of the company's top leaders will be teaching two online courses at New York University: Examining Social Media Networks... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33257738/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:53:45 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33257738/ Bg Bid Talk Helps Fire Up Ftse Leading shares have turned positive after a downbeat start, with a bit of bid speculation to liven things up. That takeover favourite BG is back in the frame, with its shares up 27p to £12 on talk ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33257739/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:39:36 -0400 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33257739/ Ukraine Seeks Funding Abroad As Imf Poised To Return March 18 (Bloomberg) -- Ukraine is planning a return to capital markets outside its borders as early as May after the International Monetary Fund indicated it is close to resuming cooperation with the... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33257733/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:27:16 -0400 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33257733/ Gaza Rocket Attack Kills Foreign Worker In Israel (Adds statement of responsibility for attack in second paragraph, Ashton’s comments in eighth and ninth.) By Calev Ben-David and Saud Abu Ramadan http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33257734/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:27:14 -0400 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33257734/ Adult Theaters’ Private Cubicles Can’t Get Tax Cut March 18 (Bloomberg) -- Adult theaters with “private cubicles” can’t benefit from a lower sales tax rate usually reserved for cinemas, the European Union’s highest court said i... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33257735/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:27:13 -0400 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33257735/ Ubi 4% Higher On Bourses In Debut Trade MUMBAI: State-run United Bank of India today made an impressive debut on the bourses by closing 4 per cent higher at Rs 68.80 over its issue price. The scrip closed at Rs 68.80, up by 4 per cent... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33257736/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:12:05 -0400 Times of India http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33257736/ Court Awards €4.5m To Crash Victim The High Court has approved a settlement of €4.5m in the case of a 25-year-old woman who was severely injured in a car accident in 2006. Claire Noone from Summerhill in Co Meath needs round-th... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33254873/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:16:36 -0400 RTE http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33254873/ Need Firmer Rescue Plan From Eurozone BRUSSELS -- Greece's Prime Minister George Papandreou said Thursday his country needs a firmer eurozone bailout plan to lift market pressure on his government and lower its borrowing rates. He told a ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33254878/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:00:41 -0400 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33254878/ Euro Weakens As Greek Aid Plan Falters; Stocks, Crude Decline March 18 (Bloomberg) -- The euro weakened and Greek stocks and bonds fell on concern a bailout plan for the regions most indebted country is unravelling. The yen and dollar appreciated while oil decli... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33254879/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:00:36 -0400 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33254879/ Enel Earnings Rise 2 Percent Due To Overseas Revenue MILAN - Italian energy company Enel says its 2009 earnings rose 2 percent on revenues earned in its overseas investments which offset decreases in electricity demand in its key Italian market. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33254784/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:00:10 -0400 CNBC http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33254784/ Former Chairman Of Anglo Irish Bank Arrested By Andras Gergely DUBLIN, March 18 (Reuters) - Police have arrested Sean FitzPatrick, the former chairman of Anglo Irish Bank, sources said, the first casualty of a fraud investigation seen as vita... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33254874/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:00:08 -0400 CNBC http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33254874/ Do Global Regulators Have Collective Amnesia A year is a long time in the markets and it seems to have been long enough for global policymakers to forget they promised to work together on financial regulation. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33254838/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:00:05 -0400 CNBC http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33254838/ Israel's Teva To Buy German Drug Maker FRANKFURT - Israeli drug maker Teva has beaten out rivals Pfizer and Actavis to acquire German generic drug maker Ratiopharm GmbH — in a deal announced Thursday worth some euro3.6 billion, or nearly... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33254875/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:00:03 -0400 CNBC http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33254875/ Russia, Un Focus On Restarting Mideast Peace Talks MOSCOW - Russia and the United Nations vowed Thursday to resuscitate Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, whose prospects collapsed following Israel's announcement it would build new homes in east Jerusal... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33254877/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:00:01 -0400 CNBC http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33254877/ Plane Forced To Land On Frozen Estonian Lake TALLINN, Estonia - A cargo plane with engine and landing gear problems made an emergency landing Thursday on the frozen surface of a lake outside the Estonian capital, authorities said. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33254876/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:59:59 -0400 CNBC http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33254876/ Euro Falls On Concern Greece Will Struggle To Resolve Deficit March 18 (Bloomberg) -- The euro weakened for a second day against the dollar and yen amid concern Greece will fail to secure financial assistance from the European Union, reducing the appeal of asset... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33254871/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:48:26 -0400 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33254871/ Glance-ftse Edges Up; Drugmakers, Oils Firm; Banks Weak By Tricia Wright LONDON, March 18 (Reuters) - Britain's top share index edged 0.2 percent higher in midday trade on Thursday, driven by strength from drugmakers and energy stocks, while banks fell bac... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33254882/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:24:50 -0400 London South East http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33254882/ Dollar Up As Euro-zone Tensions Rise Over Greece</font> The dollar gained ground versus the European single currency and most other major rivals Thursday amid signs of increasing tensions within the euro zone over an aid plan for the debt-strapped Greek ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33254868/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:12:38 -0400 Morning Star http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33254868/ Eurozone Trade Balance Swings To Deficit In January (RTTNews) - The Eurozone trade balance swung to a deficit in January, as the export value contracted notably, data released by the European Union statistical office showed Thursday. The non-seasonall... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33254881/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:11:40 -0400 Quote.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33254881/ Uk Public Sector Debt At 60% Of Gdp In February Public sector debt in the United Kingdom climbed above 60 percent of GDP in February as government agencies borrowed another 12.4 billion pounds ($19 billion), the Office for National Statistics said ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33252375/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:18:04 -0400 CNBC http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33252375/ Ex-barclays Tailor, Mosquera Start Bank Hedge Fund March 18 (Bloomberg) -- Rupesh Tailor and Jose Mosquera, who worked together as credit traders at Barclays Capital, are starting a regulated hedge fund in Madrid to bet on a shake-up of the banking in... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33252370/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:06:49 -0400 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33252370/ Euro Zone Back Into Trade Deficit In January The euro zone flipped back into a trade deficit of €8.9 billion in January, after posting a €4.1 billion surplus in December, official data show today. The euro zone economy posted a sur... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33250365/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:59:46 -0400 RTE http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33250365/ Novartis Receives Approval In The European Union For Menveo, F... Company: Novartis AG (NVS) Novartis International AG / Novartis receives approval in the European Union for Menveo(R), first quadrivalent conjugate vaccine in the EU to help prevent meningococcal dise... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33250366/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:44:26 -0400 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33250366/ World Stock Markets Mostly Lower As Euro Slides Amid Concerns About Greece HONG KONG - World stock markets fell Thursday and the euro weakened after Greece said it might seek international assistance to resolve its debt crisis. The downward trade in Asia and Europe came aft... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33250279/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:42:20 -0400 Canadian Business http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33250279/ Ftse 100 Stocks Dip At Open LONDON (AFP) – Leading shares dipped at the open on Thursday as profit-takers moved to cash in on the previous day's gains. The http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33250370/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:35:39 -0400 Yahoo News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33250370/ Prisa Said To Seek Approval From Lenders On Loan Payment Delay March 18 (Bloomberg) -- Promotora de Informaciones SA, the Spanish company looking to shrink its 4.86 billion-euro ($6.6 billion) debt, is seeking a delay in the payment on a loan, according to two pe... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33250357/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:31:43 -0400 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33250357/ Ukraine Seeks Market Funding Abroad As Imf Poised To Return March 18 (Bloomberg) -- Ukraine is planning a return to capital markets outside its borders after the International Monetary Fund indicated it is close to resuming cooperation with the government. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33250358/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:31:42 -0400 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33250358/ U.k. Posts Smaller-than-forecast Deficit On Taxes March 18 (Bloomberg) -- Britain had a smaller budget deficit in February than economists forecast as tax income climbed at the fastest pace in almost two years, adding to evidence that the economic re... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33250359/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:31:41 -0400 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33250359/ ‘sinister’ German Plan Aimed At Funds, Analysts Say March 18 (Bloomberg) -- Germany’s suggestion that it may order spies to track speculators targeting currencies is “sinister and silly,” according to analysts, who said hedge funds in... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33250360/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:31:40 -0400 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33250360/ Glaxosmithkline Shares Rally In Weaker Ftse 100 LONDON (MarketWatch) -- GlaxoSmithKline shares climbed on Thursday amid signs that investors could be reassessing the prospects for a U.S. generic launch of one of its key asthma drugs. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33250363/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:24:22 -0400 Market Watch http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33250363/ Dollar Jumps Vs. Euro On Report Of More Greek Woes TOKYO (MarketWatch) -- The dollar gained against the euro in late Asian trading Thursday, after a report that Greece could seek help from the International Monetary Fund weighed on the European unit. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33250364/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:24:20 -0400 Market Watch http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33250364/ Rangy Rand Keeps Tabs On Softer Euro Submit your comment The South African rand was range bound in the morning session on Thursday, but eyeing a softer euro following news that Greece may seek help from the International Monetary Fund. ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33250361/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:03:54 -0400 Business Report http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33250361/ Dollar Jumps Vs. Euro On Report Of More Greek Woes</font> , director of currency research at GFT. "If the E.U. is unable to find a pan-European solution to resolve the crisis, the currency could weaken further on fears that many of the other Southern Eur... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33250353/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:57:51 -0400 Morning Star http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33250353/ Dollar Jumps Vs. Euro On Report Of More Greek Woes</font> , director of currency research at GFT. "If the E.U. is unable to find a pan-European solution to resolve the crisis, the currency could weaken further on fears that many of the other Southern Eur... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33250354/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:57:33 -0400 Morning Star http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33250354/ Dollar Jumps Vs. Euro On Report Of More Greek Woes</font> , director of currency research at GFT. "If the E.U. is unable to find a pan-European solution to resolve the crisis, the currency could weaken further on fears that many of the other Southern Eur... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33250355/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:57:27 -0400 Morning Star http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33250355/ Eurozone Current Account Swings To Deficit In January (RTTNews) - The eurozone's seasonally adjusted current account balance swung to a EUR 8.1 billion deficit in January from a EUR 2.3 billion surplus in the previous month, the European Central Bank sa... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33250368/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:56:25 -0400 Quote.com http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33250368/ Barclays Calls Vale's Dollar Denominated Bonds Cheap After Euro Issue Quote ) dollar-denominated bonds, which tumbled on Wednesday after the Brazilian company sold euro-denominated debt for the first time, may gain value in coming weeks as iron ore producers push for a ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33248418/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:26:43 -0400 Mine Web http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33248418/ Greek Pm Warns Over Effect Of High Borrowing Costs Greece will not be able to sustain its planned deficit cuts if it has to continue borrowing at high rates, Prime Minister George Papandreou said on Thursday. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33248419/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:16:48 -0400 CNBC http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33248419/ Mechel Owner Reduces Shares Held As Collateral MOSCOW, March 17 (Reuters) - Russian steel and coking coal producer Mechel's majority owner Igor Zyuzin has reduced the percentage of his shares held as collateral by banks to 23 percent of the comp... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33248421/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:16:42 -0400 CNBC http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33248421/ Strikes In Greece Over Proposed Tax Law Overhaul Taxi drivers are planning a protest march through central Athens later Thursday. A new draft law will force taxi drivers, gas station and kiosk owners, as well as street http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33248426/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:10:06 -0400 Yahoo News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33248426/ Greek Pm Warns Over Effect Of High Borrowing Costs European Parliament that actions taken by Greece to resolve its debt problems showed it was committed to the stability of the euro and that it would carry out deep structural reforms. "But if ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33248428/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:10:00 -0400 Yahoo News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33248428/ Italy Sees Self As Resilient To Economic Collapse be the next to face a crisis? The chronically underachieving nation is saddled with an astonishing level of debt, no real prospect for growth, and a a leader mired in scandal. True to form, Italians... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33248429/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:09:58 -0400 Yahoo News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33248429/ Euro Drops On Greece Concerns; Asia Stocks, Crude Oil Decline March 18 (Bloomberg) -- The euro weakened against the dollar and the yen for a second day on concern Greece won’t receive aid from the European Union next week and may need help from the Interna... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33248415/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:06:19 -0400 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33248415/ Most European Stocks Retreat; Total, Enel, Sgl Carbon Decline March 18 (Bloomberg) -- Most European stocks fell as a German official said Greece should turn to the International Monetary Fund if it requires a bailout, overshadowing a rally by health-care compani... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33248327/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:06:18 -0400 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33248327/ Teva Said To Beat Pfizer, Actavis To Win Merckle’s Ratiopharm March 18 (Bloomberg) -- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. is close to an agreement to buy Ratiopharm GmbH for about 3.5 billion euros ($4.78 billion), ending a nine-month battle for Germany’s ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33248416/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:06:16 -0400 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33248416/ Geely May Take Control Of Black-cab Maker Manganese March 18 (Bloomberg) -- Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., the Chinese carmaker seeking to buy Ford Motor Co.’s Volvo Cars, may take control of Manganese Bronze Holdings Plc, maker of the iconic ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33248417/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:06:16 -0400 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33248417/ Lisbon Treaty Cost €43bn The two Lisbon Treaty referenda cost the exchequer a total of €43m.Figures published today show the first vote, on June 12, 2008 cost nearly €23m.And Round 2, on October 2, 2009, came with a price... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33248414/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:55:06 -0400 Breaking News.ie http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33248414/ Asian Stock Markets Mostly Lower While Euro Slides Amid Concerns About Greece HONG KONG - Asian stock markets were mostly lower Thursday while the euro weakened after Greece said it might seek international assistance to resolve its debt crisis.The largely muted trade came aft... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33246344/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:08:38 -0400 Star Tribune http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33246344/ Octoplus Announces 2009 Annual Results Meeting Revenue Guidance Of Euro 19 Million LEIDEN, NETHERLANDS--(Marketwire - March 18, 2010) - OctoPlus N.V. ("OctoPlus" or the "Company") (Euronext: OCTO), announces today its unaudited annual results for the year ended 31 December 20... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33246428/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:00:23 -0400 Market Wire http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33246428/ Roche To Introduce Six New Medicines By End 2014 March 18 (Bloomberg) -- Roche Holding AG plans to strengthen its position in oncology and expand in therapeutic areas such as metabolism and inflammation, introducing at least six new medicines by 201... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33246427/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:38:23 -0400 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33246427/ Glance-ftse Hits 21-month Closing High; Commodities Lead cut its rating to 'underweight' noting forecast risks and strategic questions. Security services group G4S was the biggest FTSE 100 decliner, down 4.9 percent after falls on Tuesday following in-line ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33246430/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:18:21 -0400 London South East http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33246430/ Lenihan Told By Eu Deeper Budget Cuts Still Required Finance Minister Brian Lenihan take action on public sector pensions and provide more details about plans for further cuts over the next few years.The commission said in the report that the Government... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33244716/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:31:39 -0400 Independant http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33244716/ Italy Sees Self As Resilient To Economic Collapse be the next to face a crisis? The chronically underachieving nation is saddled with an astonishing level of debt, no real prospect for growth, and a a leader mired in scandal. True to form, Italians... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33244712/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:18:07 -0400 Yahoo News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33244712/ Eurozone Expulsion Should Be Possible said Wednesday there should in future be a mechanism to expel countries from the eurozone as a last resort if they persistently break its financial rules. Merkel — whose country has http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33244713/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:18:05 -0400 Yahoo News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33244713/ 5 Arrested In British Boy's Abduction In Pakistan Pakistan and recovered more than 100,000 pounds ($150,000) in ransom money, authorities said Wednesday. Three people were arrested in the town of Constanti, in Spain's Catalonia region, two of whom c... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33244714/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:18:03 -0400 Yahoo News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33244714/ Metro 2009 Net Income Falls 7 Percent 's biggest retail group, reported net income of euro558 million in 2008. Revenue for the period declined 4 percent to euro66 billion from euro68 billion in 2008. The company, based in http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33244715/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:18:01 -0400 Yahoo News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33244715/ Lenihan Told By Eu Deeper Budget Cuts Still Required Finance Minister Brian Lenihan take action on public sector pensions and provide more details about plans for further cuts over the next few years.The commission said in the report that the Government... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33242357/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:59:10 -0400 Independant http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33242357/ Biggest Fall In Eu Building Output For A Year Luxembourg said yesterday.January's fall was the biggest decline since December 2008. Euro-area labour costs rose 2.2pc in the fourth quarter from a year earlier, the slowest growth in more than four ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33242356/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:59:09 -0400 Independant http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33242356/ Eu Vows To Support Greece As Imf Bailout Is An Option Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou , Mr Barroso said the situation had calmed down in Greece, where a swelling budget deficit has caused fears of a default, tensions in the eurozone and talk about... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33242358/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:59:07 -0400 Independant http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33242358/ Former Merrill Trader Gets Five-year Ban For Mismarking Positions Financial Services Authority (FSA) for mismarking positions by around $100m (e72.6m) between January and February 2009. Merrill later took a $456m mark down as a result of the action, the FSA said. Th... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33242359/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:59:07 -0400 Independant http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33242359/ European Union Orders Repayment Of Us$476.8 Million In Farm Subsidies BRUSSELS -- The European Union told EU nations Tuesday to repay 346.5 million euros (US$476.8 million) in farm subsidies they granted illegally in the past decade. More than a third — 132.4 million ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33242353/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:54:47 -0400 The China Post http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33242353/ Eurozone Hourly Labor Costs Rise By 2.2% In Q4 Hourly labor costs in the Eurozone rose by 2.2 percent in the year up to the fourth quarter of 2009, the European Union (EU)â??s statistical bureau Eurostat said Wednesday. According to Eurostat, the... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33242355/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:53:14 -0400 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33242355/ Hikma Chief Spurns Buyout Offers While Seeking Own Acquisitions March 18 (Bloomberg) -- Hikma Pharmaceuticals Plc has fended off seven takeover approaches in the past three years, and Chief Executive Officer Said Darwazah says he won’t consider selling the J... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33240222/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:53:38 -0400 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33240222/ U.k. Won’t Delay Hedge Fund Rules For Long, Eu Lawmaker Says March 18 (Bloomberg) -- Hedge fund and private equity rules haven’t been dealt a lethal blow by delays requested by U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown, according to the European Union lawmaker spo... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33240223/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:53:35 -0400 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33240223/ Alzheimer Drug Test Result From J&j May Be Pushed Back To 2012 March 18 (Bloomberg) -- One of the most eagerly anticipated studies of a drug for Alzheimer’s disease may not yield results until 2012, two years later than had been forecast. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33238363/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:16:51 -0400 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33238363/ Conservatives Attack Brown After Boe Makes Bond-yield Comment March 18 (Bloomberg) -- Britain’s main opposition Conservative Party seized on comments by the Bank of England to attack the government’s handling of the public finances in the latest effo... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33238362/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:16:49 -0400 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33238362/ Darling Gets Call From Unions For Tax On Rich In U.k. Budget March 18 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. labor unions urged Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling to increase taxes on the rich and delay public-sector spending cuts in the budget he will deliver on March ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33238364/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:16:47 -0400 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33238364/ U.k. Government Reorganizations Cost $1.2 Billion, Auditor Says March 18 (Bloomberg) -- Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s government spent more than 780 million pounds ($1.2 billion) on reorganizing its departments with no way of tracking any tangible benefits o... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33238365/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:16:46 -0400 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33238365/ Nz Dlr Near 8-week High Vs Us & #36;, 2-year High Vs Euro New Zealand dollar firmed near an eight-week high against the U.S. dollar and near a two-year peak against the euro on Thursday, as stronger equities and http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33238366/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:01:42 -0400 Yahoo!7 News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33238366/ German Chancellor Defends Economic Management, Suggests Eurozone Ouster Rules German Chancellor Angela Merkel defended her high deficit budget plan and export strategy amid criticism from home and abroad Wednesday in parliamentary debate, while suggesting eurozone should have e... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33238368/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:42:30 -0400 People's Daily http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33238368/ Eurozone Construction Output Sees Deep Drop In January Production in the construction sector in the 16-nation Eurozone registered a monthly drop of 2.2 percent in January, the largest since December 2008, the European Union (EU) statistical agency Eurosta... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33238369/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:42:23 -0400 People's Daily http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33238369/ Roman Warned Euro Success Doesn't Come Easy LONDON: Inter Milan manager Jose Mourinho has warned Roman Abramovich that Chelsea may never win the Champions League after the former Blues boss returned to dump his old club out of the competition. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33236125/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:25:40 -0400 New Straits Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33236125/ Zapatero’s Bid To Avoid Greek Fate Hobbled By Spanish Regions March 18 (Bloomberg) -- Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero’s drive to show Spain can avoid Greece’s fate is being held hostage by the country’s regional governments. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33236122/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:01:08 -0400 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33236122/ Czechs May Sell Eurobond In March, Jpmorgan, Citibank Predict March 18 (Bloomberg) -- The Czech government may sell Eurobonds this month to benefit from record-low yields as investor appetite for emerging Europe returns after Greece’s crisis hurt confidenc... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33236123/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:01:07 -0400 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33236123/ Latvian Coalition Walk-out May Provoke ‘ineffective’ Government March 18 (Bloomberg) -- Latvian political uncertainty precipitated by the walk-out of Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis’s biggest coalition partner may trigger “ineffective” governme... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33236124/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:01:06 -0400 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33236124/ It's Not Just Greece March 17 (Bloomberg) -- The European Union warned that a dozen EU governments including Germany risk missing their deficit targets, a day after finance ministers adopted a bailout framework for debt-s... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33233432/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:43:37 -0400 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33233432/ London Black Cabs...from China March 18 (Bloomberg) -- Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd., the listed unit of the Chinese auto company trying to buy Volvo Cars from Ford Motor Co., may take control of the maker of the iconic London bla... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33233434/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:43:33 -0400 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33233434/ Arriva Surges On Takeover Approach; Deutsche Bahn Said To Bid March 17 (Bloomberg) -- Arriva Plc, the operator of Britain’s longest rail route, jumped the most in 9 1/2 years in London trading after saying it had received a takeover approach from an uniden... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33233436/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:43:31 -0400 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33233436/ Somali Pirates Accidentally Attack Anti-pirate Warship Troops aboard the Dutch warship HNLMS Tromp fired warning shots Wednesday off the coast of East Africa as suspected Somali pirates in two small skiffs raced toward their warship, the EU Naval Force sa... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33230695/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:21:52 -0400 CNBC http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33230695/ Greece Keeps Imf Option Alive As Merkel Urges Caution On Eu Aid March 17 (Bloomberg) -- Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou kept alive the possibility of requesting International Monetary Fund aid as German Chancellor Angela Merkel cautioned against “hast... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33230686/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:10:22 -0400 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33230686/ When Public Funding Dries Up Tight budgets have governments trimming subsidies for new energy projects. There could be less private investment amid industry consolidation http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33230687/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:10:21 -0400 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33230687/ Europe's B-schools Are Soaring That doesn't mean it was easy for graduates to find work during the downturn. The slowdown in financial services and consulting hit especially hard, forcing some students to consider positions in indu... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33230688/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:10:19 -0400 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33230688/ Fight For Jobs Easing At Career Offices With improved offer rates, a pickup in recruiting by banks, and growing MBA interest in nontraditional sectors, placement offices at Europe's top B-schools are more upbeat http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33230689/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:10:18 -0400 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33230689/ Corporate Recruiters Warm To European Mbas U.S. B-schools have more prestige, but recruiters are acquiring a taste for the language skills, worldliness, and experience of European MBAs http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33230628/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:10:17 -0400 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33230628/ Cape Town B-school Embraces Social Entrepreneurship South Africa's oldest and most prestigious business school helps underprivileged students get ahead and teaches entrepreneurship for a continent in transition http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33230691/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:10:14 -0400 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33230691/ Weaving Creative Careers Into An Mba Mix With jobs scarcer in such classic fields as finance and consulting, Europe's MBAs and B-schools are looking into more creative professions http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33230692/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:10:14 -0400 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33230692/ Brussels Thumbs Up Cheers Euro Hopeful Bulgaria The European Commission assessment of Bulgaria's three- year fiscal plan is one of the few positive, which boosts the country's chances of joining the eurozone waiting-room ERM II, insiders from Bruss... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33227251/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:11:49 -0400 Novinite http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33227251/ France, Germany Bicker Over Export Surplus France's finance minister is going on an offensive against Germany's export strength. She has suggested that Berlin reduce taxes to boost domestic demand -- so that Germans can buy more French goods. ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33227250/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:59:04 -0400 Congoo http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33227250/ Make It Possible To Expel Nations From Eurozone German Chancellor Angela Merkel says there needs to be a mechanism to expel countries from the eurozone if they persistently break its financial rules. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33227249/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:58:42 -0400 CNBC http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33227249/ Italy Sees Self As Resilient To Economic Collapse be the next to face a crisis? The chronically underachieving nation is saddled with an astonishing level of debt, no real prospect for growth, and a a leader mired in scandal. True to form, Italians... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33227255/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:51:20 -0400 Yahoo News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33227255/ 5 Arrested In British Boy's Abduction In Pakistan Pakistan and recovered more than 100,000 pounds ($150,000) in ransom money, authorities said Wednesday. Three people were arrested in the town of Constanti, in Spain's Catalonia region, two of whom c... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33227254/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:51:17 -0400 Yahoo News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33227254/ Germany Seeks Imf Role For Greece In Reversal, Lawmaker Says March 17 (Bloomberg) -- Greece should turn to the International Monetary Fund if it needs aid, the chief finance spokesman for German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party said, in a reversal that si... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33227247/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:46:48 -0400 Business Week http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/baf10b3527f6df38/id/33227247/